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I wanted to pick a name that's generic and not specific to any particular platform. For example, [email protected] instead of [email protected]

I don't see a community for that yet, aside from [email protected], which is specific to Loops.

Some sources of the content could be:

  • Fediverse Loops
  • Tiktok
  • Instagram Reels
  • YouTube Shorts

The sidebar could include guides on how to link to the content in a more accessible way (ex. alternate front-ends or re-posting).

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Please reply to this comment when you decided on a name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

New rapper name

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think this is the best name. We need to have more funny community names.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It might be better as a display name than a community name. I only say that because as much as I like funny community names, they can unintentionally reduce and obfuscate community's visibility and purpose to newcomers.

If one wants it to be easily found, arguably the best community names may be either shorts or clips, followed possibly by shortvids. The display name however can be as playful as one might want, as I think frontends/apps rely on the community name when searching over the display name.

Now for the worst name, in either respect, you might make it microvlogmemes, or microvlogs, neither of which I think I've ever seen or heard anyone use anywhere. I can't even remember the last time I heard or read anyone else mention a vlog, so yeah, may be technically accurate but awful otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

That was harsh 😅

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Perhaps MiniVids?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

!ShortFormVideos works, but it feels a bit technical and sterile?

!ShortFormShares could also work

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Knickerbockers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

!ShortFormVideos is what I instantly thought. !ShortFormShares feels less formal. As an idiot, I might click thinking you are talking about the stock market, but once I saw a bunch of videos in the community it would be obvious to me what it's about

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

brief

inbrief

brevi (abbreviated)

terse terrse

crisp qrisp

Length limit? inb8 inb120

Infinivid

vidlem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Subsidiary question, how do you share videos, is it possible on Lemmy now?

I can't share images bigger than 2MB 😰

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That is an instance specific limitation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I know, but it also seems to be a pictrs limitation, I have fiddled around a bit without success on my instance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Post them to another host (realisticly, probably YouTube) and then post the link to that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Well that won't show up as a video on Lemmy or will it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Depends of the interface. Mp4 show up correctly on the Web UI

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you post the file to somewhere you can directly link to it (I.E. wvvw.notawebsite.com/file.mp4) it will show up as one. That said, I don't know of any hosts who allow sharing of Video content this way. Some clients also embed YouTube properly, and I wouldn't be suprised if PeerTube worked too, but I have yet to see anyone directly try and post PeerTube content.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On desktop, if you link to an mp4 file hosted somewhere, it embeds the video in the post, just as a picture would be embedded.

Example: https://lemmy.world/post/23008472

How does this post appear to you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There is just a link.

Edit: I'm using Connect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[email protected] is basically the same as short form videos.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

FediShorts ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Tangentially, there is also [email protected], although that is dedicated to discussing the Loops platform, not for sharing the actual content.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

VideoHaikus

Reddit had YouTubeHaikus, which were short (often less than 15 second) videos. If you’re focused on short-form videos, then “haiku” at least expresses that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I was of the same opinion up until the reddit API ban. Then I had a period of not having what to do while on the toilet. Leaving alone at the time video sound was not a problem and I gravitated to yt shorts for some doom scrolling whilst pooping. Now I see the appeal and usefulness since so much time people spend on the phone instead of a TV or monitor. But as usual people abuse it, long vertical videos or landscape videos cropped or resized are terrible.